Federal jury finds GM faulty ignition switches not the cause of 2014 accident
A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday found that a defective ignition switch in a General Motors (GM) vehicle was not to blame for a 2014 accident. The jurors deliberated for less than a day...
UN rights expert: Brazil must take further action to recognize indigenous peoples' rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz on Monday applauded the Brazilian government for its actions taken to recognize indigenous peoples' rights but stressed that further measures needed to be taken. In particular...
Canada indigenous people appeal seismic testing case to Supreme Court
Canadian indigenous people, including Inuits of Nunavut and the Chippewa, were granted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month, challenging the use of seismic testing to find natural gas under the Davis...
Federal judge approves nearly $1 billion settlement between US government, tribes
A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday approved an almost $1 billion settlement between the Obama administration and Native American tribes, attorneys for the tribes learned Wednesday. The tribes claimed that the US government...
On the Road to Abolition: Capital Punishment and Its Uncertain Future in the United States
JURIST Guest Columnist Meghan J. Ryan of Dedman School of Law, Associate Professor of Law, discusses the evolution and future of the death penalty...Capital punishment in this country has a long and storied history. In the early years, the colonies...
JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU), John L. Hick of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Dan Hanfling of the UPMC Center for Health Security and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Monday stating hundreds of women who were victims of rape during the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence are still suffering from long-term trauma, poverty, and social exclusion, and the Kenyan government...
Israel Supreme Court reduces prison sentence for former PM Olmert
Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced the prison sentence of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from six years to 18 months. Olmert was convicted in March 2014 and sentenced to six years imprisonment on...
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Thursday announced amendments to the nation's foreign investor law in an effort to stimulate Zimbabwe's stagnant economy. The ambiguously-worded Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Bill of 2007 required all foreign companies...
JURIST Guest Columnist Maya Manian of the University of San Francisco School of Law discusses the debate over abortion laws and how the future of a woman's right to choose resides with the Supreme Court as they are set...
